Largest greenhouse-gas emitters in Tennessee

120 facilities in Tennessee reported 37,265,031 metric tons CO2e of direct emissions to the EPA for 2023, 1.6% of the national total for reporting direct emitters. Power Plants accounts for the most (62%). Largest first.

#	Facility	City	Sector	t CO2e
1	Cumberland	Cumberland City	Power Plants	9,455,486
2	Gallatin	Gallatin	Power Plants	4,208,774
3	Eastman Chemical Company	Kingsport	Chemicals, Waste	3,679,916
4	Kingston	Kingston	Power Plants	2,925,737
5	Allen	Memphis	Power Plants	1,939,893
6	John Sevier	Rogersville	Power Plants	1,714,111
7	Lagoon Creek	Brownsville	Power Plants	1,215,209
8	VALERO REFINING CO. (PREV. PREMCOR REFINING, PREV. WILLIAMS REFINING LLC)	Memphis	Refineries, Chemicals	1,201,210
9	Bull Run	Clinton	Power Plants	830,801
10	SIGNAL MOUNTAIN CEMENT CO	Chattanooga	Minerals	814,743
11	Johnsonville	New Johnsonville	Power Plants	476,861
12	CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ATLANTIC LLC	Knoxville	Minerals	441,463
13	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, LLC	Loudon	Other, Waste	385,279
14	Chemours Johnsonville Site	New Johnsonville	Chemicals	298,110
15	Packaging Corporation of America	Counce	Pulp and Paper, Waste	291,173
16	Rhea County Landfill	Dayton	Waste	248,100
17	ARCONIC TENNESSEE OPERATIONS	Alcoa	Metals	208,742
18	Gleason Generating Facility	Gleason	Power Plants	191,243
19	BRADLEY COUNTY LANDFILL	Mcdonald	Waste	185,601
20	DOMTAR PAPER KINGSPORT MILL	Kingsport	Pulp and Paper	167,523
21	BI-COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS	Woodlawn	Waste	165,175
22	Resolute Forest Products Calhoun Operation	Calhoun	Waste, Pulp and Paper	162,128
23	Matlock Bend Landfill	Loudon	Waste	158,422
24	GREEN PLAINS OBION LLC	Rives	Other	152,667
25	O-N MINERALS (LUTTRELL) CO.	Luttrell	Minerals	150,549
26	NUCOR STEEL MEMPHIS INC	Memphis	Metals	141,215
27	Hood Container Corporation	Waverly	Waste, Pulp and Paper	126,940
28	SOUTH SHELBY LANDFILL	Memphis	Waste	126,877
29	US Nitrogen LLC	Midway	Chemicals	125,932
30	CMC STEEL TENNESSEE	Knoxville	Metals	124,968
31	CARDINAL GLASS INDUSTRIES - GREENLAND PLANT	Church Hill	Minerals	121,377
32	Lakeway Sanitation & Recycling Class I	Lowland	Waste	121,282
33	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY	Nashville	Other	117,988
34	COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY HAMPSHIRE CS	Hampshire	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	116,534
35	TGP Station 563 Joelton, TN	Joelton	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	116,264
36	COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION LLC HARTSVILLE CS	Hartsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	115,698
37	JOHNS MANVILLE	Etowah	Minerals	111,611
38	HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (HSAAP)	Kingsport	Other	108,083
39	Granges Americas, Inc	Huntingdon	Metals	106,488
40	Brownsville CT	Brownsville	Power Plants	105,740
41	PMC BIOGENIX INC	Memphis	Chemicals	101,463
42	MIDDLE POINT LANDFILL	Murfreesboro	Waste	95,992
43	Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC - Cumberland	Cumberland City	Minerals	92,314
44	ALCOA-MARYVILLE-BLOUNT COUNTY LANDFILL	Friendsville	Waste	91,614
45	WEST CAMDEN SANITARY LANDFILL	Camden	Waste	90,832
46	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Clifton Junction CS	Waynesboro	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	89,908
47	TGP Station 87 Portland, TN	Portland	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	88,581
48	GERDAU AMERISTEEL	Jackson	Metals	88,005
49	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Cane Ridge CS	Antioch	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	85,915
50	MEADOW BRANCH LANDFILL	Athens	Waste	82,832
51	PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES INTERN.	Memphis	Other	82,816
52	Carlex Glass America, LLC	Nashville	Minerals	80,179
53	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE STEAM PLANT	Knoxville	Other	79,077
54	TGP Station 555 Collinwood, Cypress Inn, TN	Cypress Inn	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	77,191
55	KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.	Loudon	Pulp and Paper	76,894
56	Waste Service of Decatur, LLC-Decatur County Landfill	Bath Springs	Waste	74,731
57	PRINGLES MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Jackson	Other	68,628
58	Fiberweb	Old Hickory	Other	67,064
59	Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow Prop., Inc.	Lynchburg	Other	66,808
60	KTG (USA) Inc.	Memphis	Pulp and Paper	65,553
61	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.	Smyrna	Other	62,103
62	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA SUMMIT LANDFILL	Ooltewah	Waste	61,927
63	Morristown Balefill Landfill	Morristown	Waste	58,988
64	FLORIM USA INC	Clarksville	Minerals	54,430
65	EVONIK CORPORATION	Etowah	Chemicals	54,416
66	Dal-Tile Dickson	Dickson	Minerals	54,205
67	TGP Station 860 Centerville, TN	Nunnelly	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	52,442
68	VOLUNTEER REGIONAL LANDFILL SCOTT SOLID	Oneida	Waste	51,044
69	General Motors Spring Hill Manufacturing	Spring Hill	Other	50,455
70	Eco-Safe Systems, LLC	Blountville	Waste	49,090
71	Mitsubishi Chemical America	Memphis	Other	48,989
72	CHESTNUT RIDGE LANDFILL	Heiskell	Waste	48,759
73	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA BIRCHWOOD LANDFILL	Harrison	Waste	48,733
74	Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC	Charleston	Metals	46,616
75	Riviana Foods	Memphis	Other	44,821
76	ANR Pipeline Cottage Grove CS	Cottage Grove	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	44,560
77	ERACHEM COMILOG, INC.	New Johnsonville	Chemicals	43,833
78	OWENS CORNING - JACKSON TN	Jackson	Minerals	43,431
79	Darling Ingredients Inc.	Union City	Waste, Other	42,924
80	US DOE Y-12 National Security Complex	Oak Ridge	Other	42,083
81	Marion County Landfill	Jasper	Waste	41,878
82	Bordeaux Landfill	Nashville	Waste	40,072
83	STONEPEAK CERAMICS INC	Crossville	Minerals	39,728
84	TYSON FARMS, INC. - Union City TN	Union City	Waste, Other	39,513
85	ANR Pipeline Brownsville CS	Brownsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	38,551
86	SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY - CHATTANOOGA MILL	Chattanooga	Pulp and Paper	38,523
87	Olin Corporation	Charleston	Chemicals	36,930
88	HOEGANAES CORPORATION	Gallatin	Metals	36,545
89	NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LANDFILL	Union City	Waste	36,179
90	MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	Murfreesboro	Other	35,065
91	MW/MB, LLC	Clarksville	Minerals	34,971
92	US DOE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY	Oak Ridge	Other	34,204
93	Scepter, Inc.	Waverly	Metals	33,775
94	COVORO MINING SOLUTIONS LLC	Memphis	Chemicals	33,486
95	NORTH SHELBY LANDFILL	Millington	Waste	32,423
96	IRIS GLEN ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER	Johnson City	Waste	31,913
97	MEMPHIS CELLULOSE LLC	Memphis	Pulp and Paper	30,834
98	SONOCO - NEWPORT	Newport	Pulp and Paper	30,003
99	Bonnell Aluminum, Inc.	Carthage	Metals	29,644
100	Metro Nashville District Energy System	Nashville	Power Plants	29,485
101	Kordsa Inc. - Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Other	28,776
102	CARTER VALLEY LANDFILL	Church Hill	Waste	27,781
103	Teknor Apex Tennessee Company	Brownsville	Chemicals	26,198
104	BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS LLC	La Vergne	Other	26,065
105	Jackson Madison County LF	Jackson	Waste	25,492
106	KELLOGG USA,INC.	Memphis	Other	24,800
107	Bridgestone Warren County	Morrison	Other	24,680
108	NEMAK USA INC	Dickson	Metals	23,768
109	Cargill Corn Milling	Memphis	Other	23,711
110	CEDAR RIDGE LANDFILL	Lewisburg	Waste	23,477
111	Arnold Engineering Development Center	Arnold AFB	Other	23,195
112	QUAIL HOLLOW LANDFILL	Tullahoma	Waste	23,031
113	MOST, INC	Jackson	Metals	22,453
114	MCMINN COUNTY LANDFILL	Athens	Waste	22,297
115	Dixon Springs	Hartsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	20,060
116	Texas Gas Transmission - Covington Station	Covington	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	19,999
117	Texas Gas Transmission - Kenton Station	Kenton	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	19,869
118	ADM SOUTHERN CELLULOSE PROD.IN	Chattanooga	Pulp and Paper	18,140
119	TGP Station 071 Middleton, TN	Middleton	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	16,052
120	Befesa Zinc US INC	Rockwood	Metals	15,308

Source: EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, 2023 reporting year, sector-level emissions from data.epa.gov (fetched October 31, 2026). Direct emissions in metric tons CO2e as EPA totals them: emitter sectors only, biogenic CO2 reported separately. Covers facilities that report as direct emitters; most emit 25,000 t CO2e or more a year. Reference only.

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